GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |
| auroral | dawn |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |